Genel Energy issued an update on its ongoing activities in Africa, specifically onshore Somaliland and offshore Morocco. In Somaliland on the SL-10-B/13 block, where Genel holds a 75% stake and is operator, the company completed seismic processing. The company said that analysis and interpretation is underway. Initial indications confirm Genel’s view that the block has… Read more »

African Development Bank and ICRC join forces to accelerate economic resilience in fragile contexts Abidjan, 18th January 2019 – The African Development Bank Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) signed a letter of intent on Wednesday 16th January 2019 at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. The letter commits the institutions to… Read more »

ACROSS THE Horn of Africa evidence is mounting that relations with Gulf countries are growing stronger. Last month representatives from Djibouti, Sudan and Somalia gathered in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, to discuss the creation of a new Red Sea security alliance. Three months earlier the prime ministers of Ethiopia and Eritrea signed a… Read more »

Qatar have beaten Saudi Arabia 2-0 at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, the first meeting between the two Gulf nations since the start of a major diplomatic crisis in June 2017. The Gulf rivals faced off in the Emirati capital, Abu Dhabi, on Thursday for a match dubbed the “Blockade Derby” to determine the winner… Read more »

President Bihi of Somaliland President Farmajo of Somalia Two Pictures Showing The Reality In The Horn Of Africa. These two pictures are of President Muse Bihi Abdi of Somaliland and the head of the federal entity in Mogadishu, Mr. Farmajo. Both men are in vehicles. President Muse Bihi is in a normal… Read more »

Nation’s successes and failures depend on the values that its leaders adopt President Dwight. D. Eisenhower of USA once said, “The supreme value of a leadership is unquestionably integrity”. To explain it, Integrity is the quality of first being honest, consistent in character and having strong moral principles or moral uprightness. What is best… Read more »